Twine-cutter.



PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907 E mn &Um

s N V Rm v BYMI/I ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE RUDOLPH PETERSON AND WILLIAM E. MOEN, OF RED JACKET,

' MICHIGAN.

TWINE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19, 1907.

Application filed October 13, 1906. Serial No- 338,760.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GUsTAvE RUDOLPH PETERSON and WILLIAM E. MOEN,citizens of the United States, and residents of Red Jacket, in thecounty of Houghton and State of Michigan, have invented a new andImproved Twine-Cutter, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention is an improvement in twinecutters, providing a noveldevice which is to be carried at the free end of a ball of twine or thelike and employed in cutting it when desired to sever a piece of twinetherefrom. The means for attaching the device to the twine bindinglyengages or pinches it when not in use and while the twine is being out,thereby preventing the accidental separation of the device and twine;but said means is easily operable to release the twine to pass a freshlength therethrough or remove it entirely from the ball. I

Reference is to" be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved twine-cutter, showing themanner in which it is attached to the free end of a ball of twine. Fig.2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central sectionon the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thedevice, showing the manner in which it is used.

The invention comprises a sheet-metal body 1, having its rear endreversely bent upon itself, forming a spring finger-piece 2, with theextremity thereof upwardly turned and reduced in width, which passesthrough a slot provided in the body 1. tremity is bent upon itself, asbest shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and has an aperture 3 passing through it,which is normally drawn by the spring finger-piece 2 below the uppersurface of the body 1, providing a jaw for clamping or pinching thetwine and holding the device in fixed relation thereon.

The forward end of the body 1 is constructed with a T-head 4, which isextended at one end to form a guard 5, the latter being at right anglesto the head with its free end preferably outwardly curved, as indicatedat 6. All the parts thus far described are constructed of a single pieceof sheet metal,

This ex-- as also tabs 7, provided at the rear edge of the T-head 4,said tabs being bent upon the head to bindingly engage a knife-blade 8therebetween. This plate, as shown, is constructed of thin sheet-steelwith a forward cutting edge slightly spaced from the guard 5 and with asomewhat-widened portion 9 adjacent to the curved end 6 of said guard.

In the use of the device the twine is passed .through the apertures 3with the free end overhanging the guard 5, as shown in thedrawing-figures When it is desired to sever a piece of twine, the springfinger-piece 2 is pressed inwardly, as illustrated in Fig. 4, to releasethe twine, which is thereafter drawn through the aperture 3 until apiece of the length required extends beyond the knifeblade. The springfinger-piece 2 is thereafter released, acting to permit the aperture 3to again pinch the twine against the body 1. The free end of the twineis then passed between the guard 6 and blade 9, as shown in Fig. 3, anddrawn against the latter, which severs it.

Although we have described the invention in detail, the preciseembodiment is not material, provided the essential characteristics areemployed, as pointed out in the annexed claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A device of the character describedcomprising a sheet-metal body having one of its ends bent upon itself toform a spring finger-piece, the extremity of said fingerpiece being bentto pass through a slot in said body, said extremity having an aperturethrough which twine or the like is adapted to be passed, and a knifecarried by said body for cutting the twine.

2. A device of the character described comprising a sheet-metal bodyhaving one of its ends apertured and bent to pass through a slot in thebody, said apertured end 00- acting with the body to bindingly engage orpinch twine or the like, and means carried by said body for cutting thetwine.

3. A device of the character described comprising a sheet-metal bodyhaving means for bindingly engaging it to twine or the like, and a kniferigidly attached at one end of said body, the end of said body adjacentto said knife being downwardly turned in front 0f the cutting edge oftheknife, providing a In testimony whereof we have signed our guardtherefor. names to this specification in the presence of 10 eviee; aothe Qha 'e er d cr be twos bsfl hingWit es es, imam comprising a body,apertured means passing 1 i GUS'IAVE RUDOLPH PE'IEIKSUN. through saidbody for receiving twine or the i WILLIAM E. M'OIL. like in the aperturethereof and bindingly Witnesses: engaging it against the body and meansear- MICHAEL PETERSON, rieol seid tbody for cutting the twine. I J.'NAPPA. K

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